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Ultra-endurance athlete and leading expert in vegetarian nutrition Matt Ruscigno will present a free public lecture, “Plant-based and Powerful: Athletes and Vegan Diets” at 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23 in 162 Campus Center at UMass Amherst.

“The Care and Feeding of the Human Ear: An Informal Guide” will be presented by Nathaniel A. Whitmal, associate professor of communication disorders, on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. in 917 Campus Center. The talk is part of the Diversity Speaker Series in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences.

The deadline to submit 2015 Chancellor’s Citation Award nominations is Wednesday, Feb. 25.
The campus community is invited to submit nominations for Chancellor's Citations, which recognize outstanding work performance by classified and professional staff.
Members of the campus...

Charlana Simmons, director of student success and diversity in the College of Natural Sciences and a finalist for associate provost for diversity, will give a presentation to the campus community on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 3 p.m. in 163C Campus Center and will be available for questions until 4:15 p.m...

James H. Coopee, 72, of Amherst, alumnus and retired personnel administrator and associate director of human resources, died Feb. 12 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
Born in Holyoke, he grew up in Easthampton and graduated in 1959 as valedictorian from Easthampton High School. He attended the UMass...

David Levering Lewis of New York University will present the 21st annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture on Monday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. The Library marks the birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois each year with a lecture on a topic relating to his life and legacy.

The Five College Consortium has signed an agreement to purchase 46 acres of land in Hadley as the site for a 2.5-million-volume Library Annex that will provide shelving to supplement the capacities of the collaboration’s on-campus libraries.
Most of the land, which lies between North Maple...

The Juniper Summer Writing Institute and Institute for Young Writers is accepting applications for its 2015 program, running from June 20-28.
A special discount of $100 off tuition is available to affiliates of UMass, including current students, alumni, faculty, partners and children. Scholarships...